"skell" meaning in All languages combined

See skell on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-skell.ogg Forms: skells [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛl Etymology: * Perhaps from skeleton, describing the often skeletal appearance of drug users. * Alternatively, from skellum or skelder ("to beg in the streets"). Used by Ben Jonson, 1599. * In the sense of a suspicious person, popularized by the American TV police drama NYPD Blue. Head templates: {{en-noun}} skell (plural skells)
  1. (slang, US, New York) a homeless person, especially one who sleeps in the New York subway. Tags: New-York, US, slang
    Sense id: en-skell-en-noun-H~IfqOar Categories (other): American English, New York English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 36 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 36 17 8 30 5 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 18 5 35 3 3
  2. (slang, US, New York, police jargon) A male suspicious person or crime suspect, especially a street person such as a drug dealer, pimp or panhandler. Tags: New-York, US, jargon, slang Categories (topical): Drugs
    Sense id: en-skell-en-noun-Qd4zOmfy Disambiguation of Drugs: 31 50 19 Categories (other): American English, New York English, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 36 17 8 30 5 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 18 5 35 3 3 Topics: law-enforcement, police
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: skel
Etymology number: 1

Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-skell.ogg Forms: skells [present, singular, third-person], skelling [participle, present], skelled [participle, past], skelled [past]
Rhymes: -ɛl Head templates: {{en-verb}} skell (third-person singular simple present skells, present participle skelling, simple past and past participle skelled)
  1. (slang, intransitive) To fall off or fall over. Tags: intransitive, slang
    Sense id: en-skell-en-verb-2djL~F1m
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [Icelandic]

Head templates: {{head|is|verb form}} skell
  1. first-person singular present indicative of skella Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, strong Form of: skella
    Sense id: en-skell-is-verb-YrW2bVXD Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Icelandic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 36 17 8 30 5 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 18 5 35 3 3 Disambiguation of Icelandic entries with incorrect language header: 74 13 13
  2. second-person singular imperative of skella Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular, strong Form of: skella
    Sense id: en-skell-is-verb-h1-EJz~Z

Verb [Icelandic]

Head templates: {{head|is|verb form}} skell
  1. second-person singular imperative of skella Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular, weak Form of: skella
    Sense id: en-skell-is-verb-h1-EJz~Z1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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